Oral gene delivery with chitosan-DNA nanoparticles generates immunologic protection in a murine model of peanut allergy

Nature Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 387-391

  Roy, Krishnendu ^a   Mao, Hai Quan ^a   Huang, Shau Ku ^b   Leong, Kam W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; FOOD ALLERGEN; NANOPARTICLE; PLASMID DNA;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD ALLERGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HISTAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; NONHUMAN; PEANUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; GLYCOPROTEINS; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MICE; MICE, INBRED AKR; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT PROTEINS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VACCINES, DNA;

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; MURINAE;

EID: 0032958073     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/7385     Document Type: Article

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